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Thesis titled "'A Powder Keg that Could Very Easily Explode': Race, Paternalism, and Protest in Morganton, North Carolina" Item Info
- Title:
- Thesis titled "'A Powder Keg that Could Very Easily Explode': Race, Paternalism, and Protest in Morganton, North Carolina"
- Creator:
- Michael Ervin; North Carolina Room at Burke County Public Library
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Description:
- Michael Ervin's Bachelor's thesis discusses two desegregation efforts at the Collett Street Recreation Center and in the Morganton City School system. Ervin argues that white moderates in Morganton used a variety of tactics to subdue African American protest and to promote the town as progressive in order to attract business, at the expense of Black residents.
- Subjects:
- desegregation Collett Street Recreation Center Morganton City Schools transportation Mildred Largent W.F. McIntosh Artie McKesson Logan NAACP Recreation Foundation secondary source
- Location:
- Morganton, North Carolina
- Latitude:
- 35.7368
- Longitude:
- -81.6918
- Source:
- Michael Ervin; North Carolina Room at Burke County Public Library
- Source Identifier:
- ervin-thesis
- Type:
- text
- Format:
- application/pdf
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Thesis titled "'A Powder Keg that Could Very Easily Explode': Race, Paternalism, and Protest in Morganton, North Carolina"", Children of the Struggle, History Museum of Burke County
- Reference Link:
- https://childrenogfthestruggle.org//items/ervin-thesis.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted. For more information, please contact Morganton Public Library North Carolina Room (828) 764-9266.
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- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/